QA Automation Engineer

*3-month Contract to Hire*

*Must be Green Card or US Citizen*

The successful candidate will collaborate closely with both IT and Data teams to support the development lifecycle, from planning and development to deployment and post-launch support.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute manual and automated test cases for web and data-driven applications.
• Set up existing frameworks from scratch, but won't be writing the actual framework.
• Collaborate with developers, data engineers, and business analysts to understand requirements and identify test scenarios.
• Create and maintain test plans, test scripts, and test data for functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.
• Conduct end-to-end testing to validate portal functionality, data accuracy, and system integration.
• Identify, document, and track defects using bug tracking tools.
• Participate in daily standups, sprint planning, and retrospectives as part of the Agile development process.
• Ensure adherence to QA standards and best practices across development cycles.
• Support release planning and deployment validation for new features and updates in Themis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of experience in software quality assurance or QA automation.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Unit & Integration Testing (.NET) - Proficient with MSTest, XUnit, or NUnit.
• Familiar with mocking libraries such as Moq or NSubstitute.
• Web UI & Unit Testing (Angular) - Playwright preferred.
• Performance & Load Testing - Azure Load Testing preferred including familiarity with Apache JMeter or Locust.

Preferred Qualifications

• API Testing with Postman / Newman or REST Assured.
• CI/CD Experience
• Azure DevOps
• Familiarity with GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins is acceptable.
• Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
• Experience with SpecFlow, Cucumber, or similar frameworks is a plus.
• Cloud Environment - Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Security Testing